Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-11-17
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE REPUBLIC, Nov. IA, 1887.

The REPUBLIC, Nov. II, 1887.
Johnnie Black was compelled to qui
milling on account of his health, and Ia.
opened a store at Brownsboro.
Mrs. d. II. Shields has been confined
to her bed with chills for several days
Mrs, Isaac Sexton is also sick. Old Mrs.
Sexton is improving slowly.
The North Carolina tobacco raisers
who came to our neighborhood last fall
will return as soon as the present crop is
disposed of. They don't like the country.
Blood on the moon and wal on Clark's
creek. Mat Rose is serene and tranquil
amid the battle, shocks and the lawsuits
gathering thick and fast as autumn leaves.
The water has been so low that for the
last three months, the Touring mills OF
II. II. Ruble and Witt and Dewald have
not run more than one third of the time.
The recent rain was a blessing.
Pleasant Witt is building a fine barn.
W. d. Snapp has his completed.
James Mauk threshed seven and one-half
bushels of clover seed off of two acres.
Our churches and school houses are
becoming the night quarters of prosti
tutes and their male associates.
Moses Glaze died in Georgia a few days
ago. He was born and raised in this
county and has many relatives living in
this section.
Some Of our public schools will not
close for the holidays. 1t demoralizes
them.
George Stuart has been making CON
siderable improvement on his dwelling
house.
Our report of Jim West being in the
South was a little premature,
The ants don't like to hear of local
option or the liquor question being mixed
up with politics in any way. They are
hard to please.
White Bayless steps high and dry
And swears it is a lie,
A SANDER conceived in hate;
Nevertheless, it is true,
And a bouncing gal, too:
Another one added to s.
Prof. Presnell has closed the trade for
the Mathes mill property at $1,O5O.
This is desirable property and the figures
are low.
On the evening of the 10th inst, Mr..
Absalom Williams and Miss Maggie
Greenway were married at the residence
of 7. II. Waddill in the presence of an
immense CLOUD of witnesses"
John Ferguson, the merchant at
Washington College, has rented the farm
of S. A, Bowel for the ensuing year.
The midnight yelp of the possum dog
now mingles its melody with the voices
of the night, and the boys don't get home
till morning.
A child was born in this region a few
days ago that only weighed two and a
half pounds in full dress. A common
teacup will go down over its head to the
shoulders. 1t is well developed, and a
lively, loud.toned midget of humanity.
The corn is about all gathered and q
great falling off from last year. The up
land is almost an entire failure.
H, G. Lady is now at Greeneville, act
ing as cashier in a largo tobacco ware
house.
Some Of our farmers are now turning
the soil for next years corn crop.
The hog crop is unusually short, but
the porkers are in fine condition.
Ed. Henley is buying up all the surplus
corr he can find at So cents per bushel.
Why are not the prohibition leaders
engaged in forming temperance ALI
ances in the Districts? The people want
a general organization.
The chimney to the mansion house of
Gov. John Sewer in this District presents
no signs of age and in its symmetry and
proportions is q model of stone masonry
The penciling is as white as snow, and
the morter in the seams unbroken.
William Tyler, the present owner, says
nothing has been done to the chimney,
in the way of repair, since built.
One of our amateur farmers is wholly
absorbed in the task of fattening an ante
deluviau COW for a beef. Thus far, he
has manifested as much perseverance, as
the hungry democrat who sat on a cold
%grindstone and read Cleveland's civil
service message. For near two months
he has fed her three bushels of meal per
week with pumpkin dressing prepared in
the most appetizing way, and after all
his trouble and expense we can say that
the carefullest d~elineators of the skill
fullest topographist could not match her
back bone as an outline map of the Rocky
Mountains. JOLLY Tom.
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